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1. (n.) isthmus
a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
2. isthmus
a relatively narrow passage or strip of tissue joining two cavities or parts of an organ.
characteristic; futuristic; simplistic; ), often forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in
Etymology: ((< F -istique) < L -isticus < Gk -istikos)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) isthmus
a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
2. (noun) isthmus, band
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
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1. (noun) Isthmus
a neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc
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Sense: a narrow strip of land joining two larger pieces
the Isthmus of Panama.
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 Afrikaans: landengte |
 Arabic: بَرْزَخ |
 Bulgarian: провлак |
 Brazilian: istmo |
 Czech: šíje |
 German: die Landenge |
 Danish: landtange |
 Greek: ισθμός |
 Spanish: istmo |
 Estonian: maakitsus |
 Farsi: باریکه؛ تنگه |
 Finnish: kannas |
 French: isthme |
 Hebrew: מֵיצָר |
 Hindi: संयोग भूमि |
 Croatian: prevlaka |
 Hungarian: földszoros |
 Indonesian: tanah genting |
 Icelandic: eiði, grandi |
 Italian: istmo |
 Japanese: 地峡 |
 Korean: 지협(地峽) |
 Lithuanian: sąsiauris |
 Latvian: zemesšaurums |
 Malay: segenting |
 Dutch: landengte |
 Norwegian: landtange, eid |
 Polish: przesmyk |
 Persian: باریکى؛ تنگى |
 Pashto: تنګى |
 Portuguese: istmo |
 Romanian: istm |
 Russian: перешеек |
 Slovak: šija |
 Slovenian: zemeljska ožina |
 Serbian: zemljouz |
 Swedish: näs |
 Thai: คอคอด |
 Turkish: kıstak, berzah |
 Taiwanese: 地峽 |
 Ukrainian: перешийок |
 Urdu: خشکی کا تنگ قطعہ جو بڑے ب |
 Vietnamese: eođất |
 Chinese: 地峡 |
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